Chapter 40: The Breeze Whispers
On the third day of Shangguan Feiran's jump off the cliff, the full martial law in Zizhu Town was lifted.
On the fifth day, Jinwei's people began to return to the city one after another.
On the seventh day, the villagers of Zizhu Town gradually woke up from a trance in which everyone was in danger.
On the tenth day, smiles appeared on the faces of the people of Zizhu Town one after another, and there was no longer that kind of mutual suspicion, and people began to say hello when they met each other, politely greeting and greeting a few words, and the natural and simple style of the past began to return.
In the past ten days, it has been drizzling all day long, and it is not too big to say small.
As if to completely clean the originally somewhat turbid sky, those almost yellowish flowers and trees have layers of green, giving people the illusion of the beginning of growth in spring, which is even more poetic in this autumn that should be a little bleak.
He Jiongyang was finally freed under the protection of the mayor, but he had to wait for the call with him.
It must be that the Jinwei people want to arrest the Jin Tianren who trafficked babies, and since Shangguan Feiran and his descendants have basically all subdued the law, there is no need to involve others. And He Jiongyang is just a young junior, and with the full strength of the mayor, they also let go of the people as a personal favor, but He Guan, as the son of the old man, was finally escorted to Longmu City by the Jinwei people.
As for Uncle Chen and the old man's fake monk, the two of them also benefited greatly from this accident.
They were granted absolute freedom, the original house arrest ban has been completely annulled, and the case of the loss of the experimental subject of the year has been re-characterized, and a certain amount of compensation has been given, indicating that the whole city has restored its reputation, but they have refused to do so.
"Uncle and aunt, do you really plan to settle in Zizhu Town for a long time and not return to your hometown?"
Chen Liang's indifference was diluted a little, today he specially put on casual clothes, and came to visit his elders alone as a junior, speaking and doing things very politely and proportionately from beginning to end, completely looking like a good junior.
"It's been more than 20 years, and I think I'm used to life here!" Chen Bo said lightly, his temples were already snow-white.
"Auntie, what about you? Grandpa has always been very concerned about you, and my father has also told me many times that I hope you and my uncle can go home!"
Aunt Chen looked at Chen Liang, tears flashed in her eyes, as if she saw the shadow of the old man, dissatisfied and angry.
However, he looked at Uncle Chen, who was already getting old, and smiled slightly, "Let his old man be my daughter, she didn't want to see me before, but now we are just sad when we meet, and everyone is not satisfied with their prejudices together, so they are gone, right?"
wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Let him take care of his body, and take a look at his old man when you and Xi'er are fine!"
"I will!"
Chen Liang looked at Uncle Chen, who was not in a very good mood, and wanted to say something but didn't say it, so he had to pick up the cup and take a few sips of tea.
It seems that Shangguan Feiran's departure has hit him very hard, and Chen Bo's original honor of Maitreya Buddha is no longer the appearance of smiling when he sees people, but instead he has been silent all day long, even sad and lamenting, and his spirit is haggard, and he has not slept well for several days.
"In the future, when I have free time, your aunt and I will go over and let the old man relax!" Uncle Chen said indifferently.
"Uncle, I'...... I...... I don'...... actually."
"Don't say anything, everything is my own volition!" Uncle Chen interrupted Chen Liang's words, slowly raised his head, and his cloudy and somewhat scarlet eyes moved, "The second brother has done such a hurtful thing, it is inevitable that he will have this result, there is nothing to be sorry for, if someone is wrong, then I am also wrong, I didn't guide him well, so that he made such a big mistake!"
Aunt Chen took a handkerchief from the side and helped wipe away Uncle Chen's tears, "You don't have to blame yourself too much, once the second brother comes to his senses, I don't think he will blame you." Since he regretted injuring his son in the end, it means that the conscience of the second brother has not been extinguished!"
"By the way, Liang'er, has my second brother's body been found?" Uncle Chen suddenly asked this question.
Chen Liang looked guilty and embarrassed, he stood up and walked slowly to the door, and saw that there was already a drizzle outside.
"It's been raining in the past few days, and it's hard to walk on the mountain road, and my people have been looking for it day and night, and they have never found the bodies of Shangguan Feiran and his son," Chen Liang looked up at the drizzle outside, and further explained, "But uncle, my people found a bottomless river at the bottom of the cliff, and there were a few pools of blood, I think it is very likely that they were washed away by the flood after they died!"
"Maybe!"
Chen Bo said lightly, he also stood up and walked to the door, and also looked at the drizzle floating in the air, with a heavy heart, he didn't know what he was thinking, or maybe he really hoped that Shangguan Feiran would have some individual results.
In fact, what Chen Liang said was an understatement, but even he himself didn't believe it very much.
Jin Wei's people searched for ten days but didn't even find a figure, it is said that jumping from such a high cliff, even the gods fell to their deaths, but he just had a feeling, maybe Shangguan Feiran was an exception, and the city lord clearly ordered life to see people and corpses to die.
A gust of wind blew, and the drizzle fell on Chen Bo and Chen Liang's faces, feeling a little cool.
Although the weather in the south is a little warm, it must be late autumn, and the rain is indeed a little cool when it comes with the breeze and sprinkles on people's faces, but Qin Mu, who is drenched in the drizzle, can't feel the coolness, he even feels a little hot, and his heart is hot.
At this time, Qin Mu was watching the drizzle on Longzi Cliff, feeling the fragments of his past memories.
"You've been standing in the rain for half a day, and you're almost ready to go back, right?" the memory bird voiced.
Qin Mu didn't speak, just looked up at a big tree on the side, where a few withered yellow leaves fell down, as if he was very unwilling to see the scene in front of him, other trees had turned yellow and green in the rain in the past few days, but it was silently falling leaves.
It's almost desolate.
"What's there?"
The memory bird flashed its figure, and the rain fell on its body, and the breeze blew its feathers, "Isn't the little girl just going to go with that Confucian celestial omen?
"The rain can't stop your mouth?" Qin Mu tilted his head and looked at the memory bird over and over, and suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled faintly, "shell lang, you have never been a righteous master, you are definitely not standing here to accompany me, what are you talking about?"
It's rare that the memory bird didn't have any nonsense to choke Qin Mu, and his saliva was swallowed and a little dry, "Maybe Mengxi is leaving recently!"
"What do you mean by that?" Qin Mu lost his smile.
"I don't know the specifics, she just said that maybe she's leaving us forever!" the memory bird said flatly.
"It's not us it's you!" Qin Mu corrected and said, "Brothers are brothers, but family affairs still have to distinguish between you and mine!"
Qin Mu and the memory bird looked at each other coldly, and suddenly smiled at each other, and then the wild laughter of the profligate spread throughout the four fields.
The breeze blew in the air again, but now they didn't feel hot and dry, but felt a cold refreshment on their bodies, and a few yellow leaves fell from the towering trees in the distance again, and waved back into the dust with a final smile.